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Carrie Wellman scored a team-high 14 points and Hannah Varel added 11 as the Columbia Eagles defeated Gibault 59-37 on Monday in the quarterfinals of the Class 2A Central Regional.
The Central Cougars are expected to be at full strength for a big weekend of basketball.
Injuries have significantly affected many of the area's girls basketball teams as the postseason begins tonight for small schools across the metro-east.
Class 2A
Althoff coach Lori Crunk likes playing the Edwardsville Tigers late in the season to get her team geared up for the postseason.
The Granite City Warriors left no doubt who has the top wrestling team in Southern Illinois on Saturday at the Class 3A Granite City Regional.
The Triad Knights dominated the middle and upper-middle weight classes Saturday to hold off Cahokia and win the Class 2A Triad Wrestling Regional.
In the 1960's it was Aretha Franklin who went looking for a little "Respect."